Wild Horses Sold to Slaughter | Portland News

Wild horses and burros are being sold off by the Bureau of Land Management under a program meant to find them good homes — but animal advocates say hundreds are ending up at slaughterhouses. Skydog Sanctuary, which has tracked over 300 horses being bought for as little as $25 and quickly flipped for meat, is demanding the program shut down, calling it a loophole that turns protected wild animals into commodities. The BLM defends the sales, saying they’ve saved over $121 million in care costs and most buyers provide proper care — though critics argue this system enables federal complicity in animal cruelty. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/0754cd226d1def52